UNIT 30: INVENTIONS

LESSON OBJECTIVES

➢ Word Power: Before Listening

➢ Structure: Comparative

➢ Role play: Can we live without it?

➢ Discussion: Important inventions in your life

 Look at the four pictures below and answer the questions.
WARM-UP (Nhìn vào 4 bức hình dưới đây và trả lời câu hỏi).

1. Do you know what they are?

2. Do you use them often in your daily life?

3. What do you use them for?

4. Do you think they are important in our life? Why?

WORD POWER: Before listening

Invent (v)
/ɪnˈvent/
sáng chế, phát minh

→ Inventor (n) → Invention (n)

/ɪnˈventər/ /ɪnˈven·ʃən/
nhà phát minh (vật) phát minh
WORD POWER: Before listening

Electricity (n)
/ˌel.ɪkˈtrɪs.ə.ti/
điện
WORD POWER: Before listening

Bright (adj)
/braɪt/
sáng sủa
WORD POWER: Before listening

Gasoline (n)
/ˈgæs.əl.iːn/
xăng
WORD POWER: Before listening

Handmade
(adj) /ˌhændˈmeɪd/
làm bằng tay
PRACTICE MAKING SENTENCES
Vocabulary

Make sentences with the words and phrases that you have learned.

1. Invent (v)
→ Invention (n)
→ Inventor (n)
2. Electricity (n)
3. Bright (adj)
4. Gasoline (n)
5. Handmade (adj)
STRUCTURE OF THE DAY: Comparative (So sánh hơn)
Ex: Our life will be SAFER.
People’s homes will be MORE PLEASANT.
Travelling will be EASIER.
Read the examples above, then match them with the rules.
(Đọc những câu ví dụ trên, sau đó nối chúng với những quy tắc sau.)

📔 Rule 1. Add -ER to the end of one-syllable adjectives.

(Thêm -ER vào phía cuối những tính từ 1 âm tiết).

📔 Rule 2. For adjectives that end with -Y, change -Y to -I and add -ER.
(Đối với tính từ tận cùng bằng -Y, đổi -Y thành -I và thêm -ER).

📔 Rule 3. Add MORE in front of the adjectives that have more than one syllable.
(Thêm MORE phía trước những tính từ có nhiều hơn 1 âm tiết.)
STRUCTURE OF THE DAY: Comparative (So sánh hơn)
● Note: If the one-syllable adjective ends with a single consonant preceded by a
vowel, double the consonant and add -er .
Ex: big - bigger thin - thinner

❖ Note: Some adjectives have irregular comparatives.

(Một vài tính từ có dạng so sánh hơn bất quy tắc.)
Good → Better
Bad → Worse
Practice: Use comparatives to compare you now and you 10 years ago.
(Sử dụng so sánh hơn để so sánh bạn hiện tại và bạn của 10 năm về trước.)
Ex: My life now is more comfortable than it was 10 years ago.
My job is better than it was 10 years ago.
BEFORE LISTENING

Do you know these people? Can you guess what they are famous for?
(Bạn có biết những người này không? Bạn hãy thử đoán xem những người này
nổi tiếng vì điều gì?)
LISTENING Audio

Imagine you could go back to the 19th century and listen to a radio interview
with the people in the pictures. Check True or False in the next slide.
(Tưởng tượng bạn có thể quay ngược về thế kỷ 19, nghe 1 đoạn phỏng vấn qua radio
của những nhân vật trong hình (phần before listening). Sau đó, chọn Đúng hoặc Sai)
AFTER LISTENING
True False

A. Alexander Graham Bell in 1876

1. Tele means “long distance,” and phone means “speak”.
2. The telephone will only work over short distances.
3. The interview will continue over the phone.

B. Thomas Edison in 1879

1. The interviewer agrees the invention will make streets safer.
2. Each light bulb will be handmade.
3. Edison thinks every home will use his invention.

C. Karl Benz in 1885

1. The motor is at the back of the vehicle.
2. The invention goes more than 18 miles (29 km) per hour.
3. Benz is not going to give the interviewer a ride.

2-False 3- False C: 1-True

2-False 3- True B: 1-True
2-False 3-True A: 1-False
 Listen to your teacher and repeat.
DIALOGUE (Lắng nghe giáo viên của bạn đọc đoạn hội thoại sau và lặp lại).

Sam: I think the Internet is an awesome invention. Our lives are much
better now than in the past.

Vivian: You’re right. We can find everything we need on the Internet. It

is also easier to connect with people around the world.

Sam: Sure, I think I cannot live without the Internet, even for just a day.

Vivian: Really?

Sam: Yes, I spend most of my time on the Internet working, relaxing or

chatting with friends.
 Listen to your teacher and repeat.
LISTENING (Lắng nghe giáo viên của bạn đọc đoạn hội thoại sau và lặp lại).

Vivian: That’s true. But for me, a life without the Internet is fine. Years

ago, our parents didn’t have the Internet and they still enjoyed their life.

Sam: Right, but it’s very difficult, you know.

Vivian: Sam, you will have more time to go out with me.

Sam: Ok. I agree with you.

Vivian: Let’s go for a drink.

ROLE PLAY

Situation: You and your friend are

discussing an important invention
in your lives and decide whether
you can live without it or not.

Base on the dialogue you’ve learned, make a conversation with your teacher.
(Dựa trên đoạn hội thoại bạn vừa học, xây dựng 1 cuộc hội thoại với giáo viên của
bạn).
 Discuss with your teacher
DISCUSSION about the questions below.

1. What would your life be like without

phones, electric lights and cars?

❖Suggested answers:

- inconvenient/cannot call my family/have to walk to work

- more interesting/spend more time with my family/spend time

being near nature.
DISCUSSION

2. What are some other important

inventions in our lives? How
important are they?
❖Suggested answers:

- The Internet/ help us find everything/ help us connect with people

around the world

- Airplane/ help us travel easily/ travelling would be easier

DISCUSSION

3. Is there anything you want to

invent for your life or your job?

❖Suggested answers:

- A machine that can take me to the past/ fix my mistakes

- A car that runs by sun energy/ not have to spend a lot of money

on gasoline
 Discuss with your teacher
DISCUSSION about the questions below.

4. Which one do you think is more

important, Internet or electricity?
SUMMARY: What have you learned today?

1. VOCABULARY

✔ Invent, invention, inventor, electricity, bright, gasoline, handmade

2. STRUCTURE: Comparative

3. ROLE PLAY: Can we live without it?

4. DISCUSSION: Important inventions in your life

MISTAKE SUMMARY

Ask your teacher about mistakes

that you often make and how to
correct them.
ASSESSMENT

Vocabulary Grammar Practice Fluency

What’s good

Need to
improve

Suggestion
for student